The DAILY SPARK Blog

BOXED IN

If you box people in, you will eventually box people out.

Quote by Cus D’Amato – American Boxing Coach

REFLECTION:

  • Do you only let people in that are like you… your tribe?
  • Are there people you are boxing out because they don’t think or act like you?
  • Are you open to people that don’t think like you, act like you, go to church where you go, etc.
  • Are you willing to open your world to include another who isn’t like you?

THE TWO MINUTE WARNING

1117 year old olive tree in Vers Pont Du Gard, France

Once life gets busy, it’s sort of inevitable that we begin to sort the work to be done.  And the most natural sort is to focus on the urgent.  After all, if that plate is about to break, it’s hard to watch it fall when you’ve decided to work on something less urgent instead.  Which leads to days spent dealing with only the last-minute emergencies.  The problem is that by the time the two-minute warning arrives, it’s too late to win the game.  You’re so far behind (because the other team focused early and persistently) that it’s a lost cause.  The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago.  The second-best time is today.

Seth Godin’s Daily Blog

REFLECTION:

  • Are you caught up in last-minute emergencies?  Are you spending time preventing plates from falling?
  • Is there a two-minute warning showing up for you?
  • What actions can you take now… preventative or important to prevent a “lost cause.”

MISTAKEN MOTION

We mistake motion for meaning.

Quote by Jerry Colonna Executive Coach and Author of REBOOT Leadership and the Art of Growing Up; REUNION Leadership and the Longing to Belong  https://www.reboot.io/reunion-leadership-and-the-longing-to-belong/

REFLECTION:

  • Do you see value in being busy?
  • Do you evaluate your tasks based on urgent and important (fire drill) ?
  • Do you spend time on not urgent and not important but gives you the satisfaction of crossing it off the list?
  • How much time to spend on very important but not urgent (relationships with loved ones… less (busy) work and more time with people that matter).
  • Evaluate your actions today… meaning vs. being busy!